# Certification - Necessity & Validity **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-necessity-validity/80460 "2023-10-13T16:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-necessity-validity/80460/7 "2023-10-13T17:32:56Z")
Heh. They'll torch me first, I think: > [@Certification change: feedback](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-change-feedback/66282/13): > > I have near-zero faith in the certifications. I'm not a fan of certifications in general. It isn't just an IA issue. They arose as a wider proxy for the excellence that used to be recognized in a person's or organization's public reputation. They have metastasized into a replacement for reputation, enforced by financial incentives and requiring financial sacrifices, instead of being the start towards one's reputation. In today's litigious world, in part due to the financial aspects, there i… (That whole topic is interesting. And contentious.) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-necessity-validity/80460)._